PVT Paul Wade Fowler (WWII)

Remembering PVT Paul Wade Fowler (Mannington)

July 2, 1912 - June 1, 1944

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PVT Paul Wade Fowler (service # 35760510) was born July 2, 1912 in Mannington, WV, the son of James and Zeffie (Harden) Fowler. Paul was the middle child of five kids- four sons, one daughter. The family lived on Glover Gap Road. Paul's father, James, was a carpenter who worked on oil rigs in the United States and Mexico. Unfortunately, James died on April 7, 1920 in Lewis County.

Paul married Frances Olive Currey in 1935, and they remained in Mannington.

Paul entered the draft on October 30, 1940. He listed himself as 5'10.5" and 145 lbs with blue eyes and brown hair. At the time, Paul and Frances were living at 232 Grant Street in Mannington, and he worked at Bowers Pottery.

He enlisted in Clarksburg, WV on August 27, 1943. He is listed as a semi-skilled miner or mining machine operator who completed grammar school.

While in the military, Paul served in the 179th Infantry, 45th Division. 

PVT Paul Wade Fowler died June 1, 1944 at age 31 of injuries to his thorax and arm from artillery. He was awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his service, and is buried at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery. He is also honored on the "Marion County Veterans Killed in Action" Memorial at Veterans Square in Fairmont, WV.

Frances married Jack Walter Matheny in 1947, and adopted a son, James Michael Matheny, who was born in 1949. She lived in Marion County until 1988, when she died at the age of 71.

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